July 15, 2014

MORE CONVENIENTLY DISAPPEARING DATA: “Recycled” hard drive at the FEC too? “A probe into Hatch Act violations at the Federal Election Commission ran aground when the electronic communications of the suspect — a former colleague of Lois Lerner — had her computer hard drive ‘recycled.’ Sound familiar?”

It’s a coverup. And what they’re covering up is a conspiracy to destroy political opposition, one that goes all the way to the White House. That’s the only reasonable inference from this chain of events.

UPDATE: Michael Lotus emails:

A conspiracy to destroy the political opposition.

Yes. Of course. These guys are Chicago and Cook County Democrats. That is how it is done there. 50 out of 50 Democrat aldermen, forever. No GOP at all, or merely a front opposition, forever. Government power used to exterminate political opposition and keep it from ever reviving. To Obama and the people around him this is all normal, and is the obvious goal. There is no reason to expect anything else from them.

OK, it is now the most reasonable explanation that they are destroying evidence deliberately. And it is also the most reasonable explanation that the evidence is that the forces of the regime are being used to seize and hold power outside of the Constitution. And the last 6 years have shown that absolutely none of the checks and balances will do anything to slow or stop them; as a matter of deliberate decision and political calculation. The questions for the Gentle Readers are this:

1) At what point does our duty of obedience to this government end?, and 2) What does our duty to country and Constitution mandate once that duty of obedience ends?

The parasites have become to numerous and they're well on their way toward killing the host. We will need massive firing of federal workers and elimination of entire agencies. Seems to me we could survive just fine without the FEC.

That's already happened. It ended when a bunch of fools in black robes said the US government can do anything it wants (including forcing people to buy products from private companies) as long as they call it a tax.

That day the US government ended. It's just a bunch of thugs with guns now.

Stop playing the Chicago narrative. This is a Democratic Party thing, entirely. See it in every place Democrats control. The Clintons illegal grab of FBI files was not because they were from Chicago. Yes, the Democrats successfully monopolized Chicago due to foolish voters, but they try to do the same everywhere. It is a Party problem. They must be utterly removed from power everywhere. Or everyone will continue to suffer for their pathetic ignorance.

The problem isn't the president. The problem is that the IRS exists. Presidents since Nixon, if not before, have always been tempted to use it as a political weapon. Don't expect any president to want to shut it down.

The real question is why are they trying to hide when their media guardians will convince people that suppressing the Tea Party is a good thing. They might be trying to cover up activities that even leftists find sleazy.

So what about the server copies and any contracts for outside back-up services? Don't tell me the FEC did exactly the same things as the IRS did.

I think the next Republican president can make a good case for shutting the IRS, FEC, EPA etc... down and starting over from scratch. It is either that or nuke them from orbit because "it is the only way to be sure."

At this point I have concluded that the implausibility of the excuse is deliberate. It's their way of declaring themselves untouchable. "We don't NEED believable excuses, you can't do anything to us even if you don't believe us!" is the message.

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